Founder Profile
Evan Williams
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Evan Williams?
Evan Williams is a founder of X Corp (formerly Twitter), which was founded in 2006 with Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Noah Glass.
- Company founded
- X Corp (formerly Twitter)
- Founded
- 2006
- Co-founders
- Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Noah Glass
Background
American tech entrepreneur.
Founding Story
Evan Williams co-founded Twitter in 2006. Having already created and sold Blogger to Google, he provided the critical early venture capital and product vision. He served as an early CEO, aggressively pushing the platform to become a massive global news network before engaging in a bitter, highly publicized power struggle with Dorsey.
Evan Williams was born in 1972 in Clarks. Education: University of Nebraska–Lincoln.